Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 11:21 PM from Vancouver
It's funny, a week of flying around doing press seems like a month. It's a different animal than playing live. Our mission is to write, record, perform. That's where we excel. And then there's the real world, we have to talk about it! All things considering it went well. Here's the week encapsulated: Rainy Vancouver to the burning desert of Los Angeles, rehearsals, Jay Leno, fly to the Arctic freezing city of Toronto, day of nonstop press finished with a night of drinking until 5am, fly to Los Angeles, present a reward in the Hip Hop category at the American Music Awards, fly to rainy Vancouver. Was all that real?
I get home and shake my head trying to wrap my brain around what just happened. In what other 'job' do you stumble across Tommy Lee, Kevin Costner, Kevin Martin (candlebox), Spenny, and all the folks at the AMAs?
Anyways, we have a bit of time off before we tour forever, and I'm keeping my self busy. I have some sessions coming up and I'll keep you all in the loop regarding those details!
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 10:54 PM from Los Angeles
Well the town is on fire. My allergies don't really enjoy a face full of smoke, but what can you do? We're in town to do some press and the Jay Leno show on Wednesday the 19th. Then we fly to Toronto where it is sub arctic, then back to the burning desert the next day for the AMAs. I guess I've gotten used to the pace, you don't really have a choice!
It was great to see my old drum tech Tom Wilhelm today at rehearsals, it's been awhile and I'm glad he's reunited with us. He makes my life so much easier. We're also designing the new stage set up for the next tour, it's going to be RAD. Yes, RAD. Our new video should be ready soon also, we had a bit of a delay but it's shaping up to be pretty cool right now. Hope you see it soon!
Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 8:40 PM from Vancouver
Hello everybody!
It's been awhile since I've been active online. Life has the tendency to throw things your way and they seem to have taken me away from updating my website! As you can see I have a new site, thanks to my friend Paul @ Nettune. I'm very happy with the results and I am trying to get as much content as I can on here sooner then later. Please join my RSS feed if you want to hear of all the updates in news and new postings. I will try my best to take as many pictures as possible and tell you what is happening in my world.
Speaking of what's been happening....we've recorded a new album! We spent the summer with Mutt Lang, and it was an intense period. The deadline came a little quicker then we all anticipated and there wasn't a lot of time to mess around. I'd love to hear what you all think of the new tunes so please comment on my guestbook. I got off easy being the drummer, I finished my tracks first, poor Chad was stuck in the studio for a record length of time. He needs a vacation!
It was a surprising twist that we had to stop recording the new album to go support the last album in Europe! There's a bit of a delay occurring with the last album in Europe, but better late than never right?! It was a little nerve wracking to not play live for a year and then play for 10,000 people, but within minutes it was like I was back home again. I think all the guys felt that. The first couple of shows you work out the kinks, and then it's business as usual. I know that we're all looking forward to a new show, new songs, new tricks. The last tour went so long (thank goodness) but it's time for a change.
During the same time my other band Martone has released a new album. We are very proud of this CD. We have some great guests: Greg Howe, Billy Sheehan, Jennifer Batton, Joe Satriani. Ric Fierabracci. And of course Dave Martone and Dave Spidel play their butts off on the album! Please check out the discography section to hear some new tunes and hopefully you'll buy the album! We also released a DVD of our live performance at the 2007 Montreal Drum Festival. This is a raw recording, straight from the board, no editing at all with the audio and the live feed from the cameras. It's the real deal, check it out!
An album I recorded with artist James Hart and singer/songwriter/producer Zac Maloy in Dec 2007 will be released in Jan '09 on a Warner Records affiliate label. Keep your eye open for it, there's some fantastic songs on there!
We're in the middle of all the pre-cycle work at the moment, press, video shoots, commercials, TV performances. I'm looking forward to getting back out there on the road and trying some new things.
Now that this is up and running, I'll try my best to keep you up to date! Thanks for tuning in, and we'll see you down the road!
Daniel
Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 7:59 PM from Vancouver
Hello everybody! Finally got the new site up! it's going to take a little bit of time to get all the content on and get back in the habit of updating, and remembering to takes pictures. Please stay tuned and I will bring you the latest and greatest of what's happening in my whirlwind of a career!
